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• File Download
• Browser Usage

Description

• Firefox and IE has a built-in download manager application which keeps a history of every file downloaded by the user. This browser artifact can provide excellent information about what sites a user has been visiting and what kinds of files they have been downloading from them.

  Location

  Firefox:
  
      XP:
      %userprofile%\Application Data\Mozilla\ Firefox\Profiles\<random text>.default\downloads.sqlite
  
      Win7/8/10:
      %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\ Firefox\Profiles\<random text>.default\downloads.sqlite
  
  Internet Explorer:
  
      IE8-9:
      %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ IEDownloadHistory\
      
      IE10-11:
      %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\ WebCacheV*.dat
  

Interpretation

Downloads will include:

• Filename, Size, and Type
• Download from and Referring Page
• File Save Location
• Application Used to Open File
• Download Start and End Times